Instructional Leadership, emphasis: K-12 School Leadership (MEd)
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Strategic plan

Our plan for 2021–26

See how the College of Engineering plans to improve over the next years and create an engaging and inclusive environment for all of its students.

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Student success and access

Provide and expand access to rigorous and high-quality learning opportunities:

  1. Increase access to higher education, particularly for Arizona students.
  2. Enhance student learning through high-quality, student-centered educational experiences and high-quality professional advising.
  3. Increase tutoring in mathematics during summer for incoming freshman and sophomore students to ensure success.
  4. Increase faculty engagement in pedagogical professional development.
  5. Enhance student experience through internships, co-ops, research, and hands-on practice, and increase job placement rates within 6 months after graduation.
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Research and discovery

Expand the boundaries of fundamental understanding and technological innovation through impactful scholarship:

  1. Increase nationally and internationally recognized scholarship.
  2. Expand opportunities for research-based learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.
  3. Increase scholarship-based community partnerships.
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Commitment to underrepresented students

Become the nation’s leading engineering and applied science college serving underrepresented students:

  1. Increase enrollment, retention, and graduation rates of Native American, Hispanic and Latine (Latino or Latina), and underrepresented students.
  2. Expand culturally competent learning and mentorship opportunities.
  3. Increase community partnerships in scholarship and education with Native nations.
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Industry connection

Strengthen partnerships and reciprocity with the local, state, regional, national, and global industry and STEM communities:

  1. Expand joint educational and scholarly initiatives with industry and STEM communities.
  2. Strengthen partnerships and collaborations with alumni and supporters.
  3. Increase the percentage of course/capstone projects sponsored by industry partners.
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Stewardship

Ensure long-term sustainability of the college and its operations:

  1. Increase the financial stability of the college by identifying and implementing efficiencies that do not compromise success in our mission, and by generating multiple revenue sources.
  2. Engage in continuous improvement of our curriculum and degree programs.
  3. Recruit and retain committed and high-achieving staff, educators, and scholars, and foster a supportive working environment.
  4. Ensure physical safety as an integral part of the learning and working environment.
  5. Develop new financial models for state-wide, off-campus, and innovative online programs following new competency-based and stackable degrees.
  6. Create labs that are design-based and sustainable for a 15-year window.